Long-Term Effects Of Divorce On Children

Divorce is not uncommon anymore like how it used to be looked down upon. Today according to the American Psychology Association there is a 40 to 50 percent chance of married couples will end up in divorce. The divorce rate today is higher than what it has ever been. About 25 percent of children in the US live with only one parent (Bernet, Children of high-conflict divorce face many challenges). Most of the time a divorce will take a toll on the family, some families cope with the divorce well, while others have a more difficult time coping with it. Children of the divorced family normally have the hardest time coping with the split family. Children can have many short-term and long-term effects from a divorce such as parental alienation, anxiety, trust issues, behavioral problems, and emotional issues.
Overview
Phycologists are starting to wonder how children cope with the separation of their parents. There are many methods that are tried to understand how they cope with the issue. For example therapist/psychologist talking to the children one on one. There was a case study that will be in this article about two internet programs psychologist tried out to see which program worked best. There is also information about the maternal warmth in the cortisol hormone a child has towards their mothers. This case studies were very difficult to do because each and every family is in different situations with different kinds of stress that they have on them, so there is a variety of variables within these